Yanmenchun

Chapter 43

This heavy snow fell all night.

The next day when Shen Tuchan woke up, it was already late, and there was a thick snow outside, and Xiaoman received a bunch of incoming news.

The news from the palace is that the imperial decree came down this morning, and the emperor gave Princess Baoqing and Qin Wenyu a marriage.

The news in the mansion is that the concubine of the third master entered the door last night.

Another thing is that Jingdu Wei has followed the clues and found out that the horse-drawn carriage crash was caused by someone from the Eighth Princess Mansion, and Yushitai also got some news.

While being dressed by a maid, Shen Tuchan listened to Chun Equinox.

She came back late last night, and she hasn't slept for a few hours until now, her mind is a little confused.

After sitting down and drinking tea, he thought for a while before asking, "What's the name of Third Uncle's aunt?"

"Miss Hui, her name is Li Qingru."

When Shen Tuchan came to the old lady after finishing her breakfast, someone was talking in the room.

The maid asked her to come in while picking up the curtain and said with a smile: "Old Madam, Missy is here."

Inside, Nanny Kong called out: "It's such a cold day, Miss, come in quickly!" Said a few steps, came forward to replace Shen Tuchan with a new hand stove.

As soon as Shen Tuchan entered the room and hadn't untied her cloak, she saw the beauty brought by Fang.

Looking only in his early twenties, with a round face and peach cheeks, a pair of almond-shaped eyes, and a smile on his lips, he was wearing a pink jacket and skirt, with gold ornaments on his head. When he saw Shen Tuchan coming in, he saluted with bright eyes : "I've seen Missy."

Shen Tuchan took off the cloak and returned a half salute with a smile before saying hello to the old lady and Fang.

The smile on Fang's face was a bit forced: "This is Fourth Aunt, I'll bring it to your grandmother to see."

Shen Tuchan's eyes did not fall on Fourth Aunt, as if she was just an insignificant person, she casually boasted a few words, then smiled and told the old lady about the marriage between Princess Baoqing and Qin Wenyu, "In the future, Princess Baoqing will marry Huguang, I lost another playmate in Kyoto."

The old lady folded her hands and sat on the big kang, as if suddenly remembering, she said: "You are also fourteen, and you will be fifteen in the middle of next year. If you want to talk about getting married, you should also learn some housekeeping duties, but you can't concentrate on it." Just want to play."

Shen Tuchan smiled and said nothing, Fang's original stiff smile suddenly retracted, as if he didn't expect the topic to get around here.

Fourth Aunt looked at this and that, and stood quietly aside with her head bowed.

The old lady said again: "The third daughter-in-law has also worked hard, girl Chan, please take the trouble to teach me a lesson, and I have found a helper for you."

After all, Fang has been a housewife for many years, she rolled her eyes immediately, and said with a smile: "What mother said is that girl Chan is getting older, it's time to learn some housework, mother, don't worry, girl Chan is smart, and she can do it after a little learning." Let's get started."

The old lady didn't speak, but just nodded.

After saying a few more homely words, Mrs. Fang got up to leave, and Fourth Aunt looked back at Shen Tuchan as she followed.

There was nothing to do in winter, and the old lady was also lazy, so she told Shen Tuchan to go back after saying a few words.

The spring equinox followed Shen Tuchan and just walked out of Heshou Hall when he saw Si Yiniang under the tree by the roadside, as if enjoying the snow scene.

Fourth aunt heard the movement and turned her head to look at Shen Tuchan.

Shen Tuchan walked over with a smile and said, "Si Yi Niang is very elegant."

When Shen Tuchan approached, the fourth aunt smiled and said: "I haven't thanked the eldest lady yet, but the eldest lady can use me as a concubine if she is useful in the future."

Shen Tuchan turned her head to look at her, and smiled at her again: "It's not a matter of ordering, the third aunt is busy with housework, and the third uncle will inevitably neglect something, you just need to pay more attention to it."

After saying this, he turned and left.

What Shen Tuchan told Haitang's mother back then was to find a girl with a clean house, who could read and write, was a little older, and wanted to climb the dragon and the phoenix, but she must know how to advance and retreat.

This Li Qing is now in his twenties, and his family is poor. She has an older brother who is a shopkeeper. Got sick.

Her mother-in-law felt that it was her inability to have children, which caused her son to have no offspring, and she didn't want to share the family wealth with her, so she kicked her out.

Speaking of which, Li Qingru is not a pitiful person, that scholar is extremely ugly, and she is willing to marry someone who has her own family, but she is not very willing to let the scholar be close to her, so she has no children for many years, no husband and no children. Kicked out by mother-in-law.

The aunts around Shen Tuye are all the dowry of the Fang family. The Fang family chose to be honest and taught the rules, but Shen Tuye is a lover of poetry. boring.

This Li Qingru has been taught by Haitang's mother, so she is much better at serving men than those little girls and well-behaved maids. Besides, she has such a high profile in the Zhenbeihou Mansion, so she just wants to cling desperately.

After all, Fang is the main wife, no matter her background, the youngest daughter is ten years old, Li Qingru can't do anything to her.

If Shentu Danlin and Shentuchan are good, Li Qingru can be good. If Shentu Danlin and Shentuchan are not good, regardless of whether her brother's family is good or not, she herself will be eaten by Fang.

A smile slowly appeared on the corner of Shen Tuchan's mouth, as if feeling emotional, he said: "People just can't be too idle, and it's easy to be lenient when they are idle."

Chun Equinox was taken aback.

in the palace.

The eighth princess, Jiang Yuanrui, was sitting in the hands of Concubine Rong with an angry face, listening to Concubine Rong and her uncle Li Xiangshan.

Concubine Rong frowned slightly: "In such a small place as Cheng County, there is actually a county magistrate with two hearts. Brother, you were negligent."

Li Xiangshan didn't show any expression on his face: "It's true that my subordinates have produced waste, and they have been too greedy. Madam, don't worry, Cheng County is broken, and His Majesty can't count on me. I will handle the matter of Sichuan and Sichuan food and grass. "

After he finished speaking, he pinched his eyebrows.

The eighth princess was listening to them talking about the court affairs, and she said unhappily after the two finished talking: "Uncle, you vented your anger on me last time!"

Li Xiangshan showed a little smile on his face: "Uncle is busy these days, first he arranged for you the Duke of Ming Dynasty, and then he arranged for the concubine Yu, who knows that they are so useless, even a little girl can't be restrained, don't worry Well, in a few days, uncle will help you deal with this trouble."

The eighth princess immediately hummed happily.

Li Xiangshan thought for a while and said: "Don't provoke her these few days, avoid suspicion, and when she dies, you won't be involved."

The eighth princess thought about her failed assassination, hesitated for a moment and nodded to Li Xiangshan.

For her, the failure is very embarrassing, so it doesn't matter if she doesn't talk about it, anyway, in a few days, uncle will help her get rid of Shen Tuchan.

The eighth princess had one other thing that didn't go well, and she couldn't help complaining: "Why did the father give Baoqing to Qin Wenyu? Obviously, I was the one who first wanted to recruit Qin Wenyu to be his son-in-law. Baoqing is so annoying, and I will follow you in everything." grab!"

After she finished speaking, she looked at Li Xiangshan's expression, and said tentatively: "Uncle, I want Baoqing's marriage."

Concubine Rong just looked at the eighth princess indifferently. It is good for Ronghua County King to stand on their side. She also asked someone to mention it to them before, but she was rejected by Qin Wenyu before she opened her mouth. .

Although she was angry in her heart, her daughter knew that it might not be a few days before she got married with such a trick, so she was indifferent to her yelling.

Li Xiangshan hesitated for a moment and said: "This matter is of great importance. If you are not careful, you will completely turn against Prince Gong's House and Ronghua County Prince's House. It needs to be discussed in the long run."

This meant not to refuse, and the eighth princess also knew how difficult it was, so she nodded sullenly.

Concubine Rong looked at this daughter and sighed helplessly, she was stupid and ruthless, but fortunately she was well-measured and did not cause any major trouble.

(End of this chapter)